284 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
II, Leg (metatarsus) equal to or shorter than the middle toe 
and claw. Bill very stout in some species. 
XVII. THE MADAGASCAR BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX 
NIGRICOLLIS. 
Tetrao nigricollis, Gmel. S. N. 1. pt. il. p. 767 (1788). 
Turnix nigricollis, Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, Hist. Nat. 
Madag. Ois. p. 494, pl. ccii. (1885) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 549 (1893). 
Adult Male.—Differs chiefly from the fema/e in having the 
. feathers of the forehead black widely edged with buff; the 
nape /ike the upper back ; the chin and throat wdite , the sides 
of the chest washed with pale rufous; the middle of the chest, 
breast, and flanks duff, all barred with black, belly paler. 
Total length, 5°5 inches ; wing, 2°93; tail, 1°35 ; tarsus, o°S. 
Adult Female-—The feathers of the forehead black, barred with 
white ; the nape dark grey , the upper back mixed with black 
and rufous and margined with whitish-buff ; rest of upper-parts 
mostly brownish-grey, mottled with black and rufous ; the wing- 
coverts rufous with irregularly-shaped black and white spots ; 
the sides of the face and neck white, tipped with black ; the chin, 
throat, and middle of the chest d/ack, the two former bordered 
on either side by a white stripe ; the shoulders and sides of the 
chest bright rust-red ; the breast and belly umzform dove-grey. 
Bill slender. “Total length, 5:8 inches; wing, 3°35 tail; a ae 
tarsus, 0°38. 
Range.— Madagascar. 
XVIII. THE BLACK-BREASTED BUSTARD-QUAIL. TURNIX 
MELANOGASTER. 
Hemipodius melanogaster, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 7; id. B. 
Austr. v. pl. 81 (1848). 
Turnix melanogaster, Gould, Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 178 
(1865); North, Nests and Eggs B. Austr. p. 285 (1889); 
Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 550 (1893). 
